Word: thrill
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...such a thrill," he said. "I got out there and jogged all around and imagined playing there with a full crowd. It was weird. I was just giggling the entire time I was so happy--just like a little kid. I couldn't believe I was actually there...
...great to get everybody in the game," Hill said." [Playing at Fenway] was a thrill for a lot of the first-year players...
...just happy to get a chance to contribute," he said. "It was a lot of fun. It was a thrill being there--just getting out on the field, running sprints...
Scientists are also trying to find inborn personality traits that might make people more physically aggressive. The tendency to be a thrill seeker may be one such characteristic. So might "a restless impulsiveness, an inability to defer gratification," says psychologist Richard Herrnstein of Harvard, whose theories about the hereditary nature of intelligence stirred up a political storm in the 1970s. A high threshold for anxiety or fear may be another key trait. According to psychologist Jerome Kagan, also of Harvard, such people tend to have a "special biology," with lower-than-average heart rates and blood pressure...
...imagine that in classes that require no physical demonstration and offer no interaction, both students and professors would be better off dropping the lecture format. No doubt, at least half of my classes easily could adapt to a strictly tutorial system. For students who might miss the "live" thrill of being there in Harvard Hall or at Sanders, perhaps we could hire a few professional lecturers to perform their "art" on different topics all day. It would at least make for a better division of labor. Under this system, professors might have extra time to teach sections--and actually...